Clinical (general) Mnemonics

The best general medical student mnemonics for finals, OSCEs and MRCP

• For any disease (Dressed In a Surgeon’s Gown A Physician Might Make Some Significant Progress)

  • Definition
  • Incidence
  • Sex
  • Geography
  • Aetiology
  • Pathogenesis
  • Macroscopic pathology
  • Microscopic pathology
  • Symptoms
  • Signs
  • Prognosis

• Surgical Sieve (INVITED MDC)

  • Infection
  • Neoplasia
  • Vascular
  • Inflammatory/autoimmune
  • Trauma
  • Endocrine
  • Degenerative
  • Metabolic
  • Drugs
  • Congenital

• Systems (MUNCHEBARS)

  • Musculoskeletal
  • Urinary
  • Neurological
  • Cardiovascular
  • Hepatic
  • Endocrine
  • Blood
  • Alimentary
  • Respiratory
  • Skin

• Pain (SOCRATES)

  • Site
  • Onset
  • Character
  • Radiation
  • Associated symptoms
  • Timing
  • Exacerbating/ relieving factors
  • Severity (/10)